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1、陸園園0831102英語83FlanneryO'ConnorO'Connor,Flannery(MaryFlanneryO'Connor),1925-64,Americanauthor,b.Savannah,Ga.,grad.Women'sCollegeofGeorgia(A.B.,1945),IowaStateUniv.(M.F.A.,1947).Hercharacters,althoughoftendeformedinbothbodyandspirit,areimpelledtowardredemption.AllofO'Connor'sfictionreflectsherstrong
2、RomanCatholicfaith.WiseBlood(1952)andTheViolentBearItAway(1960)arenovelsfocusingonreligiousfanaticism;AGoodManIsHardtoFind(1955)andEverythingThatRisesMustConverge(1965)areshort-storycollections.HerCollectedStorieswaspublishedin1971.O'Connorhadaformoflupusandspentthelasttenyearsofherlifeasaninvalid
3、,writingandraisingpeacocksonhermother'sfarmnearMilledgeville,Ga.WhenFlanneryO’Connorwas5yearsold,shepurportedlytaughtherpetbantamchickentowalkbackward.ThestuntattractedtheattentionofthePathenewsreelcompany,andaYankeecameramanwasdispatchedtoherfamily’sbackyardinSavannah,Ga.,todocumentthetrick.O’Con
4、norneversawthehumorousshort,thoughitwasscreenedinmanymovietheatersacrossAmericain1932.YetyearslaterinanessayinHolidaymagazine,sheclaimedtheunlikelyevent“markedmeforlife.”Bythetimeshewaswrotethat1961essay,“TheKingoftheBirds,”O(jiān)’Connorwasacultliterarycelebrity.Shehadpublishedtwonovels–“WiseBlood”(195
5、2)and“TheViolentBearItAway”(1960)--aswellasthecollectionofstories–“AGoodManIsHardtoFind”(1955)--thattrulyputheronthemap.TheO’Connorfamily’santebellumhomeinMilledgeville,Ga.,wasfeaturedinNewsweek;aquasi-glamorousportraitappearedinHarper’sBazaar;herworkwasexcerptedinVogue.Sheusedherfreakishchickenas
6、apretexttomeditateonheruneasyrelationtofameandpopularculture,claimingthatalltheattentionmadeherfeellikeacrossbetween“RoyRogers’shorseandMissWatermelonof1955.”Dyingin1964oflupusatage39,unmarried,havinglivedmostlyonadairyfarmwithhermother,O’Connor’slifeandworkmightthenhavebeenexpectedtofadefrommemor
7、y.Shesworetherewouldbenobiographiesas“l(fā)ivesspentbetweenthehouseandthechickenyarddonotmakeexcitingcopy.”YetTheNewYorkTimesdeemedastoryinhercollection,“EverythingThatRisesMustConverge,’’publishedeightmonthsafterher